"Thank you, comrade reporter."
"Victor, my name is Victor." Weiran said while twisting the ratchet on the camera.
"Then, thank you, Comrade Victor, okay, I'm going to leave." Lano didn't look at his worried brother beside him, and stepped out of the tent full of wounded people.
Taking the film out of the camera and handing it to Ivan, Weiran reloaded the camera with a new film, and then comforted, "Don't worry Ivan, I happen to be going to the forest to the west of the forest for an interview. , I will help you take care of your sister."
"Thank you...thank you"
Lano said his thanks in a murmur and looked at him blankly. Sister Lano disappeared into the thick fog outside the tent, and then looked at Wei Ran and chased after her.
"Lano" Wei Ran quickly took a few steps to catch up with the former, "Let me go with you, I'm going to interview over there."
Nurse Lanuo looked at it With eyes wide open, he pointed to the horse-drawn sledge not far away and said, "I don't have the right to decide whether you want to follow, but you can talk to Dr. Pasha."
Follow Lano. Looking in the direction of the nurse's finger, Wei Ran found that not far away, several soldiers were carrying wooden boxes on a sledge pulled by two horses.
This sledge is more like replacing the wheels of a two-wheeled carriage with two wide and long sled boards. Such a small modification can allow it to walk in the muddy forest. It's smoother and can hold more stuff.
As for the middle-aged doctor named Pasha that Rano mentioned, he was the man who went to look for Rano in the tent not long ago.
After hearing that Wei Ran was also planning to follow them, Pasha did not refuse, but seriously reminded, "Victor, that position is surrounded by Germans on almost three sides. We are very worried." There may be no way to come back alive."
"So someone needs to know what happened there, right?" Wei Ran shook the camera in his hand, "This is my job."
p>"Originally, I thought you were a coward. Now I apologize for my previous wrong opinion." While speaking, Lano moved a wooden box filled with medicines onto the carriage.
"Then just follow." Dr. Pasha spread his hands helplessly, "After all, you don't have to obey my orders."
"Pasha, tell me about the situation there." Wei Ran asked while helping to carry medicines to the car.
"We won't know the specific situation until we get there."
Doctor Pasha explained worriedly, "Currently I only know that there are many wounded waiting for us there, and they were sent It is too far to get here, and there are not enough manpower, so the best way is to get as close as possible. Even if we can only save a minute, we can save the lives of many soldiers."
Seeing this. Unable to find any useful information, Wei Ran simply focused on transporting medicines inside.
Soon,The two horse-drawn sledges were loaded with medicines. A young man who looked to be no more than 20 years old tightened his messenger bag, and then ordered the two horses to start moving forward in the dense and humid birch forest.
Four doctors headed by Pasha and four nurses, including Rano, walked on both sides of the horse-drawn sledge. From time to time, they helped push the sledge forward.
Wei Ran ran a few steps forward while protecting the camera in his arms, and then pressed the shutter on the medical team walking through the thick fog-shrouded birch forest.
"Comrade reporter, you'd better walk behind."
The young man holding the reins couldn't help but remind him in a low voice, "This forest is also unsafe. ."
"Thank you," Wei Ran nodded and asked in a low voice, "What's your name?"
"Reveli, I'm the postman from the battlefield post office." He whispered, "Of course, I am also responsible for the transportation work. After all, letters are not sent here very often."
"Victor" Wei Ran said in a low voice.
"I know you." Revry smiled, "I was the one who sent you here from the front line."
"Um...thank you" Wei Ran He quickly thanked him again, and then returned to the back of the car at the insistence of the other party.
A group of people walked silently in the dense birch forest for more than two hours. The originally thick fog gradually dissipated, and sporadic sounds were heard outside the endless forest. Gunfire and intermittent explosions.
As everyone moved forward, the sound of gunshots and explosions around them became smaller and smaller. After being quiet for a while, they became louder and louder again. The sun above the head also began to emit a sweat-inducing temperature, and after driving away the previous dampness and coldness, it brought a sultry heat mixed with the smell of decay to the forest.
After continuing on for about half an hour, Revli, who was walking at the front, pointed directly ahead and said, "We will be there soon."
Hearing this, Everyone raised their heads and looked over, and then discovered that there was a tended forest glade not far away.
The weeds and shrubs in this open space have been cleared, and there are even some soldiers digging bunkers to avoid air attacks. Near the bunker, canvas tents hidden in the shadow of the birch trees were set up.
"Let's hurry up"
Doctor Pasha shouted in a low voice, calling on everyone to push the horse-drawn sledge together. At the same time, the soldiers who had discovered them also swarmed People rushed over, helped carry the medicines off the sledge and rushed to the open space not far away.
They are busy here preparing to carry out medical work. Not far away from the edge of the forest, soldiers who have also received the news have already carried over the wounded who were originally going to be sent to a field hospital further away. .
"Doctor Pasha, do you need my help?" Wei Ran asked, "I can also perform some simple operations."
"You?"
Doctor Pasha glanced at Wei Ran, shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Comrade Victor, but we can still cope with it here, and you have your work."
Wei Ran can naturally Hearing the distrust in the other party's tone, he simply did not insist, but walked towards the edge of the forest against the stretcher teams carrying the wounded.
Seeing that there were still dozens of meters away from the outside, several trenches more than one meter deep appeared in the forest.
These trenches will turn in different directions from time to time, and the deeper they go outside the forest, the deeper they become. When there were no dense birch trees blocking the sides, the top of the trench was nearly half a meter above his head.
Advancing along the trench at his feet, after passing through an artillery position, the expression on Wei Ran's face became more and more surprised. Outside the forest, except for those right next to the edge of the forest, Outside the artillery position, about a hundred meters directly ahead, there is a trench that winds to both sides with no end in sight. A hundred or ten meters further from this trench, there is a second trench line.
Farther away there is a third trench, as well as the remains of tanks with thick smoke and even fire, and the corpses of soldiers from both sides. Of course, there are also crows or magpies standing on the corpses and kowtowing to eat.
At the same time, the other side was still using a loudspeaker to shout provocations such as, "Russians come out to fight" or various obscene greetings over and over again. From time to time, There will be one or two cold shots or cold guns flying from their respective positions to the other's position.
Obviously, the positions of both sides are currently in a stalemate, but this makes Wei Ran more and more confused. In the current situation, there is obviously no need for a nurse to complete the "covering mission" as mentioned in the return mission.
Lifting the camera out of the trench and clicking the shutter twice, Wei Ran descended the wooden ladder and turned towards the direction of the forest.
Since I have to assist Nurse Lano in the return mission, for now, all I can do is obviously follow the other person and wait and see what happens.
However, what he did not expect was that at dusk on the day he made this decision, the Germans on the opposite position began to use artillery to conduct covering fire, and the Soviet artillery at the edge of the forest also Fight back immediately.
For a time, the artillery shells whizzing through the air caused huge damage to the positions of both sides. Dr. Pasha and Nurse Lano, who had just relaxed, also carried medical kits on their backs and walked out of the forest. First aid stations rushed to the front lines to rescue the wounded in a more direct way.
"Why are you following me?" Lano ran towards the front line along the trench and shouted to the guards beside him, braving the artillery fire.
"Report your deeds!" Wei Ran shouted naturally, "I always have to interview a few people and write about him or her in the newspaper."
"Why Is it me?" Rano asked while avoiding the mud caused by the shell.
“It can also be Dr. Pasha!” Wei Ran patted Dr. Pasha beside him.Raw's shoulder shouted in response.
"When the time comes, remember to write my image a little more noble!" Before Dr. Pasha could finish his words, he had already stood up again and started moving along the trench.
"I'll try my best!"
After Wei Ran responded, he immediately stood up and followed. He had already experienced artillery strikes of this intensity when he was in the Don River position. It would be absolutely false to say that he was not afraid. But at least he is no longer like a new recruit, just hiding in the bunker and shivering.
Following the desperate Dr. Pasha and Nurse Llano as they advanced along the trenches amid artillery fire, when they finally stopped, they had reached the front line, which was only a few meters away from the German trenches. It's just a hundred or ten meters away.
At the same time, this is also where the most wounded people were. In the muddy trenches, soldiers injured by shell fragments or shock waves were all sent into bunkers with their backs to the direction of the German army. But there's only so much they can do.
At this time, carrying the wounded to the first aid station in the forest not only requires more transportation capacity, but is also more dangerous. And this is why Dr. Pasha and Nurse Rano chose to come to the front line under gunfire.
Seeing more and more wounded being sent into the bunker, Wei Ran simply put away his camera and joined the rescue effort without any explanation.
"Do you really know how to perform surgery?" Dr. Pasha asked in surprise.
"What did you say?" Wei Ran shouted at the top of his lungs.
"I said, do you really know how to perform surgery?!" Dr. Pasha raised his voice.
"I used to be a veterinarian!"
Wei Ran said perfunctorily, looked up at the canvas above his head to block the soil and the kerosene gas lamp hanging not far away, and continued to help. Cleaning the wounds on the soldier lying on the ammunition box.